Module unittest :: Class TestLoader

Class TestLoader

object --+
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        TestLoader

This class is responsible for loading tests according to various criteria and returning them wrapped in a Test

Nested Classes

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suiteClass
A test suite is a composite test consisting of a number of TestCases.

Instance Methods

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integer

sortTestMethodsUsing(x, y)
Return negative if x<y, zero if x==y, positive if x>y.

loadTestsFromTestCase(self, testCaseClass)
Return a suite of all tests cases contained in testCaseClass

loadTestsFromModule(self, module)
Return a suite of all tests cases contained in the given module

loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None)
Return a suite of all tests cases given a string specifier.

loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None)
Return a suite of all tests cases found using the given sequence of string specifiers.

getTestCaseNames(self, testCaseClass)
Return a sorted sequence of method names found within testCaseClass

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __init__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Class Variables

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testMethodPrefix = 'test'

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None)

Return a suite of all tests cases given a string specifier.

The name may resolve either to a module, a test case class, a test method within a test case class, or a callable object which returns a TestCase or TestSuite instance.

The method optionally resolves the names relative to a given module.

loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None)

Return a suite of all tests cases found using the given sequence of string specifiers. See 'loadTestsFromName()'.